RPC IV.4, 1665

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1665
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι<ο>ς Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Eirene standing, facing, head, left, holding two ears of corn and caduceus
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.96 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 9015
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 1671/1.
Note On the rear facing bust, the cuirass is uncertain, amounting only to a slight infill of the shoulder.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61099
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61100
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3760
4 4     ✸ A: D 1995 / 3063 / 9181
5 5     CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 936
6 6     DS 9015 = Kunst und Münzen 5 (1970), 211 (Figari - Mosconi 816)
7 7     A. Tomaszewski coll. = CNG EA 571, 25 Sept. 2024, lot 534